Originally posted by MadDog49er:
If God himself came down from heaven, and declared Heitmann to be a good football player, there would still be some people on this board who would deny it was God that appeared. "It was just an obtacle illusion, or a mirage".
At least one local beat writer, Barrows, has said in the past couple weeks, that Heitmann is having a good year. Now, the OC is saying he is not only having a good year, but should be a Pro-Bowl candidate.
Come on, skeptics. Give it up!
Count it as a loss and move on.
I feel like we are doing "Lelie: Part 3" here.
Trust me, I'm not an idiot at this thing.
I called Nolan to be gone before last season, and Singletary to take over.
I stated that JTO would be benched when about half the board thought he would throw for 4,000 yards. I was going down in flames with that one...until about week 5, when the wheels began to fall off.
I stated that Lelie would be cut. OOOHHH, that was a toughy.
I stated that Sopoaga would be average, at best, not a raging star, as many board member thought, with the move to LDE. Remember the board members who thought he would collect 10 sacks this year?
I stated that A. Brooks would not be a star, or even a productive player on this team.
I stated the Niners would be 6-10 at the beginning of the year.
I stated the Niners would be 2-6 at the bye.
I stated that the Niners would not have a top 10, nor top 15 defense. We rank 23rd.
I stated that the Niners would not have a top 10, nor top 15 offense. We rank 26th.
I stated Nolan would be fired. I will say I thought it would happen at the end of the year, or at the break. The Niners beat me to the punch.
And I stated that Heitmann was a good football player.
And this is just a starter list. I'm sure some are looking through the archives now to verify. Please do so. Trust me, whenever I am wrong, people jump out of the woods with clubs. That's fine, I am wrong from time to time.
However, I'm batting about .999 this season, so I am not blowing ________ out of my a$$ when I make an assessment. And, yes, right now I'm patting myself on my back.
So, throw the dog a bone, and simply agree with the NFL world that Heitmann is a good player. It will do good for your mental health. Or continue to believe the world is flat.
Cheers.
Although your list deserves merit, it is pretty much predicated on the fact that you predicted that JTO would not be a successful quarterback. Everything else on that list pretty much follows from that or they were fairly easy predictions; except for the Heitma
nn (happy now? Two n's) thing (which we haven't yet established).
Unfortunately, JTO is a talented quarterback, who defeated himself due to, in my view, poor play from the RT position.
Just like Alex Smith, he developed a short mental clock and became fidgety and jumpy in the pocket. This trend started in the Saints game.
He simply did not trust Barry Sims to block for him and it was evident that this was in his head.
I think if we had any kind of decent right tackle, JTO would have been fine. However, being a GOOD NFL quarterback requires that you can handle pressure.
I like Hill, but it cannot be overlooked that he came in at the same time Snyder went to RT and Baas went to LG.
I think if JTO played behind the current O-line group he would have done much better.
Sims was basically sending a DE his way on almost half the drops.
As far as the defense...
The defensive scheme we run is so incredibly stupid, that I am simply in awe of it.
We had a much better defense last year with the 3-4 that we ran (we were 1st or 2nd in punts forced). We should have kept the same scheme; and although I think the loss of the stupendously underrated BY has a lot to do with it, I think the scheme is much more crippling for us overall. We have been running a completely wacko 4-3 most of the year.
Thankfully, our coaches have begun to switch (again) back to the true 3-4 scheme, although they STILL don't use it enough.
IMO we should just let Lawson play, and then see if he can get the hang of the pass rush thing. I think Lawson's pride will eventually kick in and and he will find ways to pressure the quarterback by being more physical.
Unfortunately, at the moment, for whatever reason, he doesn't seem very well coached at all. They could be utilizing his height advantage; there are certain techniques that can be taught to tall players which utilize their leverage.
And as for Heitma
nn. His biggest test will be against the Jets, with Jenkins.
If he can move that "beached whale with legs" at least 5 times, I will be impressed. If he only gets destroyed 5 times I will also be impressed.
If he can't block the guy at all, it will be difficult to call him an All-Pro center. But then again, I guess it depends upon the TYPE of center one prefers. Mauler, or puller.
